88. Secrets

It had been a couple of days since everything about Cam came to light, but the shock hadn't worn off. The team was still uneasy around each other, and every conversation felt forced, like we were all walking on eggshells. Cam had been allowed to stay at the school and on the team under certain conditions.

Strict ones. Dean Carrigan laid it out pretty clearly. Cam wasn't allowed to leave campus or go into the woods where we used to run drills. He had to move permanently into the dorms, too. No going home for breaks, no visiting family.

It was like the school had put him under house arrest.

I wasn't sure how I felt about it. On one hand, Cam deserved consequences for the deception, but something didn't sit right with me.

It became obvious pretty quickly that he was struggling with more than just losing his powers. The necklace that had been the source of his magic wasn't just making him look perfect.

It was doing something else, something deeper.

At first, I thought it was just physi